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Gloria Oladipo

DeSantis ‘freedom fund’ Pac targets abortion and marijuana ballot initiatives

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Ron DeSantis campaigns in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on 20 January. Photograph: Randall Hill/Reuters

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, has launched a political action committee that is targeting popular ballot amendments on abortion access and marijuana legalization that will be voted on in November.

The group, known as the Florida Freedom Fund, launched in May, Politico first reported. The committee is chaired by James Uthmeier, DeSantis’s chief of staff who was previously the Republican’s campaign manager during his unsuccessful presidential primary run.

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